Copying HHD Images

[Veritech]

Hey everyone

I wanna migrate to a new HDD, and can't bothered with the whole win xp
install thing, and sort out this that and the other.
Whats the cheap easy way to make and copy HDD Images.

In case it helps i'm going from a 20GB and a 15GB to a 80Gb.

Any suggestions are welcome

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Raidmax cobra case
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[SteveH]

Hey everyone

I wanna migrate to a new HDD, and can't bothered with the whole win xp
install thing, and sort out this that and the other.
Whats the cheap easy way to make and copy HDD Images.

In case it helps i'm going from a 20GB and a 15GB to a 80Gb.

Any suggestions are welcome

--
"Blu-Ray"
2600+Sempron (O/C @2800+)
512Mb DDR 400 (running in sync with cpu @ 184)
9600 pro 128 (O/C @ 420/500)
Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ
Raidmax cobra case
Dual 12" Blue CCFL
Blue LED fans
Arctic Cooler Copper 2L
"Cheap and very cheerful"
Check it out @
www.russianspacestation.iwarp.com/blu-ray.htm

Norton Ghost?

SteveH

 

[kony]

Hey everyone

I wanna migrate to a new HDD, and can't bothered

LOL.

You really don't have a choice as to whether you can be
bothered or not. Either you can or can't, and if you can't,
it doesn't matter the tiniest bit if it bothers you.

with the whole win xp
install thing, and sort out this that and the other.
Whats the cheap easy way to make and copy HDD Images.

In case it helps i'm going from a 20GB and a 15GB to a 80Gb.

Use the HDD manufacturer's utility disc to clone the discs
to the new one. Then unplug the old OS disc and put the new
one in it's local drive position (cable and master/slave
position). That is the easiest since you don't know of
alternate methods and would have to learn other softwares
like Ghost or Driveimage.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

"SteveH" inquired:

"Veritech" suggested:

Norton Ghost?

Or FSS Dev's Casper XP? Or Acronis' True Image?
If you have a Maxtor hard drive, you can even download
MaxBlast to do the cloning. (But it only works for Maxtor
drives.)

*TimDaniels*

 

[pete]

Veritech,

Migrate easy is a great program, it can clone to a larger HD or to a smaller
HD, (as long as the date is able to fit on the smaller one).

This even works on Sata drives, works using XP not DOS.

Ghost and Drive image, did not work with my Adaptec card, as this only has
XP drivers( no, Adaptec do not supply a dos driver).
Ghost/ Drive image goes to DOS to clone.

It came free on a PC mag, you only need to register online to get a Serial
Number.
If you can not find a copy, send me an email and I will send you it to you.

 

[Veritech]

I got two maxtors, but i was planning on switching to a Western Digital,
does maxblast look for ID no.s and such, or could i get away with it?

 

[Veritech]

thanks pete

Veritech,

Migrate easy is a great program, it can clone to a larger HD or to a
smaller HD, (as long as the date is able to fit on the smaller one).

This even works on Sata drives, works using XP not DOS.

Ghost and Drive image, did not work with my Adaptec card, as this only has
XP drivers( no, Adaptec do not supply a dos driver).
Ghost/ Drive image goes to DOS to clone.

It came free on a PC mag, you only need to register online to get a Serial
Number.
If you can not find a copy, send me an email and I will send you it to
you.

 

[Veritech]

just realized something

my current drives are IDE, i was gonna get a SATA drive. Now you have to
install sata raid drivers when you do a clean install, in order for the
chipset to recognize the drive, and me to be able to boot the system, right.

So where do the drivers install, the bios or the MBR/HDD?
If its later, thats easy cause i can install them before i switch, however
its the first, how can i install the drivers without re-installing windows?

 

[pete]

just realized something

my current drives are IDE, i was gonna get a SATA drive. Now you have to
install sata raid drivers when you do a clean install, in order for the
chipset to recognize the drive, and me to be able to boot the system,
right.

yes, lol

So where do the drivers install, the bios or the MBR/HDD?

XP (HDD) Press F6 when doing clean install to load the XP driver, The cd you
got with the card should make a floppy driver disk.

If its later, thats easy cause i can install them before i switch, however
its the first, how can i install the drivers without re-installing
windows?

You can't if it's an Adaptec, ( I don't know about out cards.

This was the problem I had and so used Easy migrate to clone to my Ide to my
new Sata drive.

Note this program will work Sata to Sata, Sata to Ide, Ide to Sata, all
covered!

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I got two maxtors, but i was planning on switching to a Western Digital,
does maxblast look for ID no.s and such, or could i get away with it?

The Maxtor website says that MaxBlast will work only with
Maxtor HDs, but I haven't experimented with it to see if
only the source HD needs to be a Maxtor. It seems to me,
though, that Maxtor would be most interested in the *destination*
drive being a Maxtor. Since my BIOS lists the model no.
of the drive, I think MaxBlast can find it as well.

*TimDaniels*

 

[kony]

The Maxtor website says that MaxBlast will work only with
Maxtor HDs, but I haven't experimented with it to see if
only the source HD needs to be a Maxtor. It seems to me,
though, that Maxtor would be most interested in the *destination*
drive being a Maxtor. Since my BIOS lists the model no.
of the drive, I think MaxBlast can find it as well.

*TimDaniels*

No it does not need be the source.

In the earlier days of Maxblast it didnt' even require a
Maxtor drive in the system, but then I don't recall if it
were bug-free and as useful.

It doesn't matter though- practically all HDD manufacturers
have such a utility, there is no point in trying to use
Maxblast without a Maxtor drive installed.

 

[bearman]

I got two maxtors, but i was planning on switching to a Western Digital,
does maxblast look for ID no.s and such, or could i get away with it?

Western Digital drives come with a CD called Data Guard. It lets you copy
everything from your old drive to your new drive and make the new drive
bootable (if you want). I've used it three times with no problems. I don't
think it comes with OEM drives, though; you have to buy the retail package.

 

[kony]

I don't
think it comes with OEM drives, though; you have to buy the retail package.

.... or download from their website